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J. F. HUGHES.

COMBINED COTTON CHOPPER AND UULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1910.

Snow {207 Patented Au 23, 1910.

Josnrn r. HUGHES, or oommnncn, GEO IA.

COMBINED COTTON CHOPPER AND CULTIVATOB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

Application filed March 9, 1910. Serial No. 548,164.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. HUGHES, a citizen, of the United States, residing at Commerce, in the county of Jackson and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to combined cotton choppers and cultivators, and has for its object to provide certain improvements in the construction of the same, as will be hereinafter more definitely pointed out, reference beinglhad to the accompanying drawing, in whic I Figure 1 is a top plan view'of my improved device, certain parts being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on 'the line 22, Fig. 1.

In the said drawing the reference numeral 1 denotes the main frame of the device, the

same being triangular in shape and consisting of the side bars 2 and cross bars 3. Mounted in bearings in the side bars 2 near their front ends is a transverse shaft Jr-carrying at its ehds rotating hubs 5 in which are located the radial teeth 6, said hub and teeth forming rimless wheels, as shown. Said shaft 4 has also mounted thereon a bevel gear 7 adapted to mesh with a similar gear 8 mounted upon the front end of a longitudinal shaft 9, carried in suitable hearings in the cross bars 3. Said shaft 9 is longitudinally movable, and at its rear pro'ecting end is provided with a grooved co ar 11, with which engages the stubs or rollers 12, carried by the lower bifurcated end of a lever 13, pivoted at 14: upon a block 15, mounted on the rear cross bar 3, and formed at its up er end into two rigid arms 16 and 17, angu arly disposed with respect to each other, as shown. Also mounted on shaft 9 intermediate said bars 3, is a hub 18 carrying suitable cotton chopper arms 19. This hub 18 is longitudinally shiftable on shaft 9 and is retained in any adjusted position by shaft 4, thereby imparting rotary movement to shaft 9, and cotton chopper arms 19, when the parts are in the osition shown in Fig. 2. To throw the sha 9 out of operation, the arm 17 maybe kicked forward,

thereby shifting the shaft 9 longitudinally sufliciently to bring the gear 8 out of mesh with gear 7. It will be obvious that to restore the parts to their operative position it is only necessary to de ess arm 16.

By employing the l'lIIllOSS' toothed wheels I effectually prevent sidewise movement of the device on hillsides, said wheels operating to maintain the device in a r' htline.

Having thus fully describe my invention, what I claim is A combined cotton chopper and cultivator, embodying a frame, cultivator teeth supporting said frame,,a transverse shaft provided with actuati wheels at each end, a shiftable longitudina shaft, a chop 'er on the latter shaft, gears on said shafts a apted to mesh, a grooved collar onjsaid lo 'tudinal shaft, and a ivoted lever for s ifting said shaft, embo ying a bifurcated lower end provided with rollers adapted to engage thegrooved collar, and rigid separated upper arms angularly disposed to each other.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH F. HUGHES. Witnesses:

WILLIAM L. SAmcBs, G. H. HINNANT. 

